This is the time of year that all of the Charter Fleet gets very busy.
So if you are planning on fishing while in South Florida, book your dates early to guarantee your days on our upcoming schedule. 

Tight Lines,
Capt David Ide

There have been some Mahi-Mahi trolling offshore, along with a few Wahoo’s. We boated a thirty pounder last week. In addition, kingfish have been abundant. 

WRECK FISHING
Has been hit and miss with some amberjacks and groupers.

EVENING FISHING
Inshore the Tarpon fishing has been phenomenal.

Offshore, the nighttime swordfishing has been very productive. With the cooler weather, there is a lot of tinker mackerel around that the swordfish feed on heavily. 

Tight Lines,
Capt. David Ide

The whole crew pulled together for a 45-day marathon.
With the new power, the Lady Pamela II is the fastest charter boat to the fishing grounds. 

Come check us out.
Tight Lines, Capt. David Ide

Captain David here to report that the fishing in the Bahamas is as good as ever.

After all these days of fishing I decided to join the folks,along with Denis Casper and Capt. Dudley Smart in Bimini for a few days of relaxation.

What else - more fishing.

I took them over a nice grass bed in 65' of water, looking for some flag yellowtail. The sky was clear ,the sun was hot, the bite was not. We caught a lot of jacks, some spanish mackerel and way too many triggerfish. We used some jacks to entertain the local sharks. they were big and they were hungry. only three yellowtail.

The tide hadn't turned enough to get more, and my crew was ready to get wet. So off we went in search of some lobster. We found plenty of Bahamian lobsterman had beat us to our spots. But we did get our limit(6).

The seas were like glass, and our 27' Oceanmaster runs like a hurricane with its new 250 Evinrude E-Techs. Well back to the work that I enjoy way too much.

Tight Lines,
Capt. David Ide

We have been catching a lot of good size kingfish, along with bonitos and a few dolphin. 
The sharks have been biting when we target them. Also some nice vermillion snapper are on the reefs. The swordfish have been steady too.

Tight lines,
Captain David Ide and the crew of the Lady Pamela II

Fishing for Mahi-mahi has been good. Schools of fish from 3 to 7 lbs are being caught in 300 to 800’ of water. There have been some bigger fish any where from 12 to 25 miles offshore.

The Sailfish and sharks are still around when we get enough wind to fly the kites with live bait.

The King Mackerel are here one day and gone the next. Some Bonito are on the reefs and are showing up more and more each day.

Snapper and grouper fishing around the wrecks and reef have been decent. We did catch and release a nice sized Goliath Grouper (ex-Jewfish) off of a wreck last week.

With the afternoon thunderstorms, the fishing gets tough late in the day. Swordfishing at night has been decent, but we have to watch the weather.

Let’s go fishing! Capt.David and Crew, Lady Pamela II

The Mahi-Mahi are still biting.
As our last report, we thought this was the best Mahi-mahi (Dolphin fish) season that we had seen in quite a few years. Well they keep on coming. Fish over 50 pounds are still being reported every other day. We had one over 30 lbs and we have caught quite a few gaffers along with all the schoolies you want to catch.

The King Mackerel are still biting with the larger ones eating live bait on the downrigger and out of the kite.

A few Blackfin Tuna are mixed in too.
The wrecks are still producing some Amberjacks, but most of the fish have moved off the wrecks. That leaves a few Mutton Snappers and Groupers on the wrecks with Bull Sharks always lurking around.

Swordfishing is decent, but it sure has been blowing. Boats are averaging a fish a night. Nothing red hot, but... All in all, the fishing is still pretty good. Even a few Sailfish around if you put your time in fishing for them. 

Tight Lines, Lady Pamela II crew

With the help of my charter boat friends, we set out for an afternoon of fishing.

First stop Rays live bait.

Capt. Mike on Local Knowledge was first out the inlet (no way was he was letting Capt. Taco take the lead), followed by Hooked Up, Tacos boat. Then it was Lady Pamela with Capt. JJ, tailed by Capt. Wally on the Reel Work. Last but not least, was Monster with Capt. Kenny.

The guests were from all over, Denmark, Poland, India, Germany and the USA. They were all gung ho and ready to fish. The seas were very calm and the day was nice and sunny. 

The count when back at the dock was easy, only Wally’s’ boat brought fish back, a few kings. They released a sailfish and a bonito. Local Knowledge caught and released a sailfish. Hooked Up had a sailfish release. Lady Pamela reported catching a mackerel and seeing a hammerhead along side, but he already had his lunch. Monster caught and released three sharks. By the time all the boats dropped off their guests, they were a little pink and were all smiling. I heard from the exec that was one of my contacts, that everyone agreed that they would come fishing with us on their next visit.

Thanks to all the captains and mates that were there for me. I could not have done this without you guys.

Tight Lines
Capt. David Ide - Lady Pamela II 

Capt. Chris was quite pleased, as was the grandfather and the grandkids.

Tight Lines
Capt. David Ide

Besides the great sailfish bite, there was a lot of wahoo caught on the reef. We caught 6 in a four hour trip on February 12.

A lot of the boats have been swordfishing, with some very good luck...Most ranging from 60-80 lbs.

Tight lines
The crew of Lady Pamela II